Imagine you had to introduce beer to an environment where it was all but unknown. People don’t drink much, but when they do drink, it’s almost always wine. So there are few pubs or bars—not as we know them—and hardly any selling draft beer. There are restaurants and cafes, and coffee shops that arguably serve... View Article
World’s Best Ciders is the story of the world’s apple belt, a loosely defined band encircling the globe from Kazakhstan to the United States. This latitudinal stretch of land shares one common trait: the ideal conditions for apple cultivation. The apple belt forms a connective tissue between such diverse regions as the Basque Country in... View Article
Let’s call him Dave (that was, after all, his name). Years ago, when my friends and I were on the cusp of legal drinking age, we’d go to the pub every Friday and Saturday night, simply because we could. Standing there self-consciously holding our pints, trying to grow wispy moustaches, we were a bunch of... View Article
